Robin Richard Grayson was born into a family of circus performers. He and his parents, John and Mary were "The Flying Graysons". People came from all over the globe to see them. One day Mary was in a taxi. The driver was obviously drunk and Mary's door broke off of the car when they hit a truck. The car slammed into the Iceberg Lounge and Mary and the driver were both killed. John took Richard and they started living in and out of hotels. One day in Gotham City John gambled with a man named Tony Zucco. When John lost, he couldnt afford to pay the debt. Zucco went to find John and kill him. Richard watched from a vent as his father was killed. He was taken to a boys home in Gotham where to avoid attention he changed his name. He chose the name "Robin John Blake" because his father's name wa